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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2003
Uwe Steiner, Numbrecht, DE;
Uwe Steiner, Numbrecht, DE;
Buhler Bindler GmbH, Bergneustadt, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device and a method for producing a consumable shell-shaped article from a fatty material, in particular from the material containing cacao or a chocolate-type material by cold moulding with the aid of a honeycomb cell () and a coolable upper plunger () which can be lowered into the cell (). According to said invention, the edge () of the cell and/or the edge () of the upper plunger is provided with a deformable sealing element () which closes a moulding cavity () in a tight manner with respect to the outside when said element is pressed against the edge () of the upper plunger or against the edge () of the cell when the upper plunger () is lowered therein. When the upper plunger () is introduced into the fluid fatty material at an appropriate temperature in the honeycomb cell (), a pressure fluid cushion () is produced on the edge of the cell and/or on the edge of the upper plunger.